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SUMMARY:Paul Ahlstrand Quartet
DESCRIPTION:04/05/2009 10:00 PM - Paul Ahlstrand Quartet\n435 South Hu
 ntington Avenue\nJamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130\nUS\nCost:Always F
 ree\nDescription:Paul Ahlstrand Bio | Shows/News When the hectic summe
 r touring season cools down, things begin to heat up in a cozy Cambrid
 ge, MA music venue. On Sunday nights you may find saxophonist Paul Ahl
 strand at Toad in Porter Square, leading his stellar quartet through j
 azz as rich and satisfying as the dark brews on tap at this favorite n
 eighborhood pub. The Sunday night shows have been a welcome wintertime
  hang for the past few seasons, and now Paul Ahlstrand and quartet hav
 e recorded a brilliant new CD titled, appropriately enough, \"The Sund
 ay Hang\" (Gibraltar Records). \"The Sunday Hang\" exhibits a sweet, s
 oulful elegance that evokes at once serious jazz talent and also a cas
 ual cool of a very seasoned all-star band. Aside from Ahlstrand on ten
 or, the band features drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention, Paul
  McCartney, Elton John), bassist Jesse Williams (Duke Robillard) and p
 ianist Ryan Claunch (Hal Sherfey Band, ex-Groovasaurus). Six of the ei
 ght tracks recorded by Nate Dube at Rear Window Studios are Ahlstrand 
 originals and indeed \"The Sunday Hang\" makes clear that Paul Ahlstra
 nd is a major force as composer, arranger, band leader, and producer. 
 When Toad was seeking the perfect fit to fill wintry Sunday nights, ap
 proaching the ubiquitous Paul Ahlstrand seemed ideal. His long and div
 erse career had well established Ahlstrand as one of the Boston area's
  best session players and sidemen. His distinctive tenor melodies, fro
 m rollicking to subdued, from traditional to original, have graced the
  recordings of amazing artists too numerous to count. So familiar is t
 he sight of the lanky, flat-topped Ahlstrand armed with his ever-prese
 nt sax, churning out dazzling solos, that his fans may be surprised to
  learn that his first instrument was piano. One fateful day during ele
 mentary school, a music store representative showed up for, as Ahlstra
 nd muses, \"the annual wind instrument petting zoo.\" Young Paul fell 
 in love with the saxophone. The instrument looked and sounded \"cooler
  than the oboe or euphonium,\" and, he wryly adds, \"the demonstrator 
 was far less geeky.\" By high school Ahlstrand was performing in two p
 rofessional bands. Majoring in Music Education seemed a natural choice
 , and Ahlstrand obtained his degree from Syracuse University. At Syrac
 use he learned from artists such as Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Toshiko 
 Akioshi and Lew Tabakin, Nick Brignola and Phil Woods. It was Woods wh
 o gave him a most valuable piece of practical working-musician advice:
  \"Shut up, drink a beer, play a song.\" The city of Syracuse teemed w
 ith countless gritty venues where he plied his craft on a nightly basi
 s. After graduation, he earned his road stripes touring the country fo
 r a year with a Top-40 band before returning to Boston to freelance an
 d teach privately.\n\nFor more information visit http://neighborsforne
 ighbors.org/events/paul-ahlstrand-quartet
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CATEGORIES:jazz, baby
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://www.myspace.com/alchemistloungejp
URL:http://www.myspace.com/alchemistloungejp
CONTACT:617-477-5741
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